Shirley Mcqueen's blog

This Thanksgiving has particular resonance for me.  I lost a dear friend to lung cancer on Wednesday.  She was only 53.  I look around at all the blessings I have and yeah - I'm thankful.  Two great kids, two sisters and a brother and their families.  My dad turns 85 on Thanksgiving Sunday - now there's something to be thankful for.  Of course they all drive me crazy in varying degrees but when it comes right down to it they're pretty good eggs, all of 'em.  I've got a great house and its filled with things that make me comfortable.  Lorraine is there for me to take care of it all.

Saturday Night Live remains one of the few (only?) live shows on television these days.  And that's what keeps it exciting - there's a tension created because anything could happen.  And it did on the 35th season premiere on Saturday night.  Newcomer Jenny Slate was in a skit called Biker Chick Chat, throwing faux expletives around with veteran Kristen Wiig, when she said "You frickin' just threw an ashtray of butts at my head.  You know what, you stood up for yourself and I fucking love you for that".  Obviously, they were playing with fire and she got burnt!  Don't think i

Cops in Florida were out to get their man - a drug bust, in the seedy underworld of Polk County.  Danger lurks everywhere, guns drawn, GO!  GO!  GO!   Door gets kicked in! "POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.  PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!!!   PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!!!    Oh, doesn't appear to be anybody home....Hey, what's this?  The guy's got a Wii.  Hey!  Jimmy - the guy's got a Wii!!  And bowling's up!  C'mon!!!

Cops in Florida didn't realize that the home they were raiding in a drug bust had been rigged with a motion-sensor video camera.  While they searched the place they took turns playing dude's Wii.  Whoo-hoo!  I got a strike!!

Check out the big brain on Dave!

Youtube will now pay per hit for postings.   So Dave decided to give up farming.

While everyone else is struggling with how to make money in cyberspace Dave does crazy sh**$^t like blowing stuff up and driving up 45 degree hills, films it, and posts it on Youtube! 

Don't try this at home kids.

What a great long weekend...sort of.

The saying goes "the future is now" and that's no cliche.  I've always been fascinated at how so much of what Gene Rodenberry conceived of when he was creating Star Trek really is becoming reality.  Last week at a tech expo LG unveiled its new "wrist watch" that does basically everything your I Phone or Blackberry can do.  The next issue of Entertainment Weekly will have a video player embedded into one of its pages that will start playing an ad for the CBS fall tv line-up when you turn to it - kind of like the newspapers in Harry Potter.  And researchers at the Massach

Congratulations are in order for Moose Jaw's Sierra Bearchell.  In February, not really expecting more than a rewarding experience, she entered the Miss Teen Saskatchewan pageant.   Shortly thereafter her family home was lost to fire and during the ensuing chaos she forgot all about the competition until the day before.  In a matter of hours she got prepared and then - she won!  She went on to win the Miss Teen Canada crown in Toronto in July.  Not just a pretty face, Ms.

Mother Nature gets a little help from some people with lots of time and patience.  Check out these wild trees:

Only guys would do this!  WTF!?